The 15 years absence from the screen proved too long as Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny [INDI5] led the weekend box office with an estimated $60.0 million. The previous installment Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opened with $100.1 million in 2008. The sequel received a B CinemaScore from the 58% male audience.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [ASPD2.BW] is back in second place with $11.5 million for a total of $339.87 million after 5 weekends.
Elemental [ELMNT] finished third at $11.3 million in its third session. The animated film has totaled $88.78 million.
No Hard Feelings [NHFEL] dropped 50% in its second weekend to $7.5 million. The raunchy comedy has earned $29.3 million.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts [TFRM7] tallied $7.0 million to advance its total to $136.1 million after 4 weekends.
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken [GILLM] debuted in sixth place with just $5.2 million, the lowest opening ever for DreamWorks Animation. Audience did gave it an A- CinemaScore.
The Flash [FLASH] grossed another $5.0 million, bringing its third weekend sum to $99.25 million.
Asteroid City [ASTRC] dropped 58% in its second wide weekend to $3.8 million. The Wes Anderson film has booked $18.145 million.
Expanding wide to 906 theaters, Past Lives [PSTLV] earned $1.55 million. The romance sits at $5.86 million.
The Blackening [BLCKN] grossed $1.38 million in its third outing for a running total of $15.37 million.
Tag(s): INDI5, ELMNT, NHFEL, TFRM7, GILLM, FLASH, ASTRC, PSTLV, BLCKN